THE JOHN GORDON SOCIETY
SIR,—I was interested in R. S. Money-Kyrle's approach to the issues raised by the formation of the above Society. The assessing of group motives, especially unconscious ones, is diffi- cult and I regretted that I was unable to attend the first meeting of the Society as I wished to sound the opinion of members' as to whether we should aim primarily at encourag- ing revolt against father figures, or whether we might not be better advised to consider identifying ourselves with mother figures, or mother surrogates. I agree that members may be projecting repressed libidinal impulses, possibly of a polymorphously perverse nature, but I wonder, however, whether one should not consider the question of introjection as well. It seems to me that there is a risk of the Society falling between two couches unless members are clear whether, unconsciously, they may not be trying to get rid of a bad, composite father-mother figure by introjecting Mr. Gordon. In fact, I am considering post- poning my application for membership of the Society until I am clearer as to what is hap- pening in my own analysis.—Yours faithfully, D. BARDON
Shenley Hospital, Herts
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